tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post6348529365861086011..comments2016-11-30T20:44:36.586-07:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Fox News' Deceptive ManipulationAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-14634161844193172252011-02-20T14:49:14.499-07:002011-02-20T14:49:14.499-07:00While Jesus walked the earth he stated: &quot; Why...While Jesus walked the earth he stated: &quot; Why are you looking for sawdust in your brother&#39;s eyes when you have a plank in your own eye?&quot; ( Bible verse Matthew 7:3). Persons who I believe are deceptive are aetheists? Could an atheist please explain to me how all the cycles in life work- our human blood cycle, breathing cycle with plants, sunrise/suset cycle, seasonal cycles. If you an aetheist believed in a God and you thought FoxNews was doing something wrong you could pray to your God. Finally I don&#39;t believe children would want to watch FoxNews when there is the cartoon channel.Radarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07741279351290541793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-11853832688189552562009-11-13T20:31:27.419-07:002009-11-13T20:31:27.419-07:00A fact which is most ironic is that synonyms of th...A fact which is most ironic is that synonyms of the word Fox are &quot;trick&quot;, &quot;deceive&quot; and &quot;to fool&quot;. That seems to be the motive behind their broadcasts, to trick and deceive and create fools.twilberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06065241899206482748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-73671257053884977382009-11-13T10:51:14.108-07:002009-11-13T10:51:14.108-07:00Alonzo:
Once a broadcaster such as Fox News is ab...Alonzo:<br /><br />Once a broadcaster such as Fox News is able to &quot;manipulate&quot; a population&#39;s perception it can &quot;move in with a political agenda&quot;. If a broadcaster gets away with packaging the news, he starts to create the news . . . and the myths that sometimes survive for eons.<br /><br />http://www.withoutgods.net/2009-2-21-1-alexander2.htmantonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02909850387414677663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-40358602521297616272009-11-13T09:36:15.822-07:002009-11-13T09:36:15.822-07:00&quot;The type of person who would do such a thing...&quot;The type of person who would do such a thing is a type of person who has no personal aversion to manipulating others through deception.&quot;<br /><br />Perhaps it would be fairer to say that such a person has &quot;little&quot; personal aversion to manipulating others through deception.<br /><br />Many people have an aversion to deception, and yet this aversion is defeasible, and so they do sometimes engage in deception.<br /><br />That said, the people at Fox News appear to have <em>very</em> little aversion to manipulating others through deception.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12968634190280933116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-23793862005156980752009-11-13T09:26:28.991-07:002009-11-13T09:26:28.991-07:00Note: Anton, your account is similar to that of ne...Note: Anton, your account is similar to that of news organizations that overdubbed video of the Challenger disaster with the sound of an explosion.<br /><br />(1) Challenger did not explode. It was torn apart by aerodynamic forces. Note the fact that both solid rocket boosters survived the &#39;explosion&#39; substantially intact.<br /><br />(2) If it had exploded it would have taken several seconds for the sound to travel from the site of the explosion to any microphones that would have picked up the sound.<br /><br />It is a different class of deception - not one meant to influence policy but one that is meant to entertain. Worthy of condemnation, but not for the same reasons.Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-28643589617142289432009-11-13T09:20:31.930-07:002009-11-13T09:20:31.930-07:00anton
While I will criticize it as deceptive, it ...<b>anton</b><br /><br />While I will criticize it as deceptive, it is not the same thing. The specific act does not have any implication on policy decisions. Fox News was likely trying to promote an agenda by making it seem more popular than it is in fact.Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-40477358260325378552009-11-13T07:58:32.823-07:002009-11-13T07:58:32.823-07:00Isn&#39;t this example similar to the late night n...Isn&#39;t this example similar to the late night news broadcasts that say they are bringing you a &quot;live report from the Middle East&quot; and the reporter is pictured in front of a backdrop of a late-night sky when, in reality, it is morning there? It is particularly &quot;deceptive&quot; when the news announcer engages the mid-east reporter in a &quot;live conversation&quot; with no &quot;time gaps&quot;. I guess its called &quot;packaging the news&quot; for an ignorant population that needs to think that if its night time in US America, its night time all over the world.antonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02909850387414677663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-73006587265067380732009-11-12T16:54:49.048-07:002009-11-12T16:54:49.048-07:00What I find the most sad part of this is a comedy ...What I find the most sad part of this is a comedy show is the one that seems to be breaking these types of stories. I haven&#39;t seen the so called main media make a single comment about this.Baconsbudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15575410885851841473noreply@blogger.com